こと
言
ば
葉
あそ
遊
　
び

noun

  1. word game, wordplay, playing with words.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こと
言
ば
葉
あそ
遊
　
び
 言葉遊び ことばあそび
　
こ
　
と
　
ば
あそ
遊
　
び
 ことば遊び ことばあそび
こと
言
ば
葉
　
あ
　
そ
　
び
 言葉あそび ことばあそび

Contained Kanji Breakdown

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い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
leaf, plane, lobe
は　ヨウ　よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ　うすいきふだ　まど
generation, world, society
セ　よ　セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
play
あそ.ぶ　ユウ　あす (3rd, N3)
to swim, to move freely, to rove
ヨウ　ヨ　リュウ
flags flying, streamers
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
こ　シ　ス (1st, N5)
complete, finish
リョウ　さとる (Late Jr. High, N2)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)